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Female Auto Workers

Date: 1918
Description: Women working on the automobile assembly line at Nash Motors (later American Motors) during World War I.
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Allis-Chalmers Company

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Description: Plate Steel Spiral Casing for 70,000 horse-power Niagara Falls hydraulic turbine unit at the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company erecting shop. The castin...
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An Assembly Line of the Ford Motor Company

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Description: Men working on the automobile assembly line in the Rouge Plant of the Ford Motor Company.
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Chassis Assembly

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Description: General Motors chassis assembly. Men are working among the machinery.
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Nash Motors Assembly Line

Date: 1935
Description: A nearly-completed automobile on the assembly line at Nash Motors in Kenosha.
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Warner and his Factory

Date: 1910
Description: Arthur Pratt Warner, Wisconsin's first aviator, in front of the office of the Warner Instrument Company in Beloit. Warner, who held the patent for an autom...
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Automobile Body Assembly

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Description: Auto workers attach fenders to a new car in the factory.
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First Gillette Company Tire

Date: 1917
Description: Interior shot of a group of men, women and boys at the Gillette Tire Company. The Gillette Safety Tire Company was founded in Eau Claire in 1916 and the cr...
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Delavan Chevy Dealership

Date: 1927
Description: Exterior view of the Chevrolet dealership in Delavan in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall. During the 1860s and 1870s the building was known as the...
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Interior

Date: 1921
Description: Factory workers construct frames in the Frame Assembly Department of the Winther Motor and Truck Company.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Interior

Date: 1921
Description: Factory workers in the Tire Mounting Department of the Winther Motor and Truck Company.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Interior

Date: 1921
Description: Factory workers in the Motor Assembly Department of the Winther Motor and Truck Company.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Interior

Date: 1921
Description: Factory workers in the Machine Shop of the Winther Motor and Truck Company.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Workers

Date: 1921
Description: Informal portrait of workers sitting outside the Winther Motor and Truck Company factory. Exterior of factory in background, with a row of trucks in front ...
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: A man uses a post hole digger manufactured by the Winther Motors Inc., factory.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: H.P. Lundskow demonstrating the usage of a posthole digger manufactured by the Winther Motors Inc., factory.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Interior

Date: 1921
Description: The Blacksmith Shop and workers in the Winther Motor Company factory.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Interior

Date: 1921
Description: Men working on a tire press in the Winther Motor Company factory.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Interior

Date: 1921
Description: Workers in the Blacksmith Shop at Winther Motor and Truck Company.
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Exterior

Date: 1921
Description: Exterior of Winther Motor and Truck Company factory with a row of trucks in front, and workers posing in front of the trucks.

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